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One of two Navy commanders charged with accepting prostitutes, cash and other gifts from a foreign defense contractor in exchange for classified information appeared Wednesday in federal court.

Two weeks after his arrest in Florida, U.S. Navy Commander Jose Luis Sanchez appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge David Bartick.

His defense attorneys tried to convince the judge to remove GPS tracking from their client's bail requirements.

Judge Bartick refused and upheld the original conditions of bond set after Sanchez was arrested on Nov. 6.

Sanchez is the third senior U.S. Navy official arrested in connection with an extensive bribery scheme in Asia that involved prostitutes and luxury travel in exchange for help moving U.S. ships to specific ports of call.

In a criminal complaint, Sanchez is accused of passing schedules for U.S. Navy nuclear-powered vessels, aircraft carriers and support ships to a Malaysian contractor known in military circles as "Fat Leonard."